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US considers air strikes on Iraq
Barack Obama considered options for military action to support Iraq’s besieged government on Monday.
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US considers Iran talks over Iraq
Washington says it is considering making contact with Iran to find ways to help the Baghdad govt.
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Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric urges rebels to fight
A message from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said people should unite to fight back against militants.
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Insurgents take two more Iraqi towns
Security sources said the towns of Saadiyah and Jalawla had fallen to the insurgents.
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Obama warns US will take action in Iraq
A US official said the United States had been flying surveillance drones over Iraq to help it fight the ISIL.
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Iraq: Kurds seize oil city of Kirkuk
Peshmerga fighters swept into Kirkuk after the army abandoned its posts there.
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Iraq: 50 killed in bomb attack on rally
Authorities said 50 people were killed on Monday as suicide bombers attacked a political rally.
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'Iraq tortures scores of women'
Many women were detained for months or even years without being charged and before seeing a judge.
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Series of bombs kill 13 in Baghdad
Four bombs struck near the heavily-fortified Green Zone and a busy square in the centre of Baghdad.
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Bomb attacks kill 52 in Iraq
The army is locked in a standoff with Sunni militants who assailed Falluja, a city west of Baghdad.
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Car bombs rock Baghdad
Police said a total of 76 people had been wounded in four attacks on Monday evening.
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Bombs kill 9 in northern Iraq
A car bomb and a suicide bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 54 in northern Iraq on Saturday.
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Shi’ites kill 49 in Iraq bomb blasts
10 cars rigged with explosives blew up in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim areas in and around Baghdad.
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Sectarian attacks leave 59 dead in Iraq
The sectarian violence in Iraq has claimed more than 6,000 lives this year alone
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Suicide truck bomber kills 15 in Iraq
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
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Car bomb in Iraq kills 14
A car bomb exploded in a street lined with shops in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Saturday.
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Explosions kill 38 across Baghdad
Iraq’s sectarian violence has claimed more than 6,000 lives across the country this year.
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Baghdad blasts kill at least 38
Ten blasts ripped through the Iraqi capital on Monday in an apparent wave of inter-communal clashes.
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Suicide bombers kill 60 in Iraq
Two suicide bombers targeted Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq on Saturday, killing 60 people.
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Car bombs kill 42 in Iraq
Iraq has been embroiled in sectarian violence sparked by a civil war in Syria.
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Gunmen kill 16 in Iraq
The ongoing sectarian violence in Iraq has seen more than 800 people killed in August.